April 10, 2013, 8:19PM

Tuscaloosa, Ala. - The Alabama Panhellenic Association has invited Black Warrior Riverkeeper to receive a generous Greek Week grant at the Greek Week Leadership and Service Banquet in the Ferguson Center Ballroom at The University of Alabama (UA) on April 16 at 6 p.m. The UA Panhellenic Association’s donation will support the nonprofit clean water advocacy organization’s Riverkeeper Patrol Program.... Full story »

January 26, 2012, 3:38PM

Today, Birmingham craft beer manufacturers Avondale Brewing Company and Good People Brewing Company both sent letters to Dr. Robert E. Witt, President of The University of Alabama (UA), asking UA to stop the Shepherd Bend Mine from potentially polluting Birmingham’s water supply. UA is a major owner of land and mineral rights coveted by the mining company Shepherd Bend, LLC... Full story »

March 15, 2011, 4:54PM

Contact: Charles Scribner, Executive Director, Black Warrior Riverkeeper: 205-458-0095, cscribner@blackwarriorriver.org For Immediate Release March 15, 2011 Birmingham - In today’s City Council Meeting, the City of Birmingham unanimously passed “A Resolution imploring the University of Alabama System to neither sell nor lease their significant land and mineral holdings to allow coal mining at Shepherd Bend.” Black Warrior Riverkeeper shares... Full story »